1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
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All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Cork (4th win) |
Captain | Seán Hayes |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Galway |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Louth |
Ulster | Monaghan |
Connacht | Galway |
The 1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions.
On 8 November 1981, Cork won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-6 defeat of Galway in a replay of the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their second in successive seasons.
Results
Final
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Cluskey 1-1, Carr 1-1, Berrill 0-3, McCarragher 0-1, Callaghan 0-1, Rafferty 0-1 | Culhane 0-2, McCormack 0-2, Cheevers 0-1, Maguire 0-1 |
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Séamus Aldridge (Kildare)
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Semi-finals
Finals
Statistics
Miscellaneous
- Monaghan win the Ulster title for the first time in their history.
- The All-Ireland semi-finals see two first time championship pairings as Cork play Monaghan for the very first time and Louth play Galway for the very first and only time in the history of the championship.
References
- ^ "Senior influence, history repeating and more All-Ireland U21 football final talking points". The 42. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Impressive Louth Take U-21 Title". The Argus. 24 July 1981.
- ^ "Pat and Louth ruled Leinster in '81". Hogan Stand. 30 November 2006.
- ^ "Youthful Down dethrone Armagh". Irish Times. 20 July 1981.
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All-Ireland Under-21 and Under-20 Football Championship
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- Connacht Championship
- Leinster Championship
- Munster Championship
- Ulster Championship